Lohan and Hilton kept separate
The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival are avoiding a clash between two celeb titans — Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
Gandhigiri
Members of the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association adopt “Gandhigiri” to demand parity of VAT on diesel in Delhi with adjoining states outside the residence of chief minister Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi
Mukesh meets key officials
Ahead of his company’s formal discussions with the Anil Ambani group firm RNRL, Reliance Industries chairman, Mr Mukesh Ambani, on Thursday met top government officials and a Cabinet minister.
Topalov’s super computer gave jitters to Anand
World champion Viswanathan Anand conceded he and his team of seconds were nervous after challenger Veselin Topalov spent a fortune to secure a super computer with lightning speed ahead of the summit clash in Sophia in which the Indian prevailed.
‘Some players were ogling at girls in Oz’
Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has alleged that some of his teammates were busy ogling at girls and loafing around the boundary line, not giving their 100 per cent in the team’s disastrous tour of Australia earlier this year.
Scientists design plane that uses ‘70% less fuel’
In what could revolutionise commercial aviation, scientists claim to have designed a green plane which is estimated to use 70 per cent less fuel than the current aircraft and reduce noise and nitrogen
World first: Double heart pump surgery
A Japanese woman has received a new lease of life after doctors in a Osaka hospital carried out what can be considered the world’s first successful double heart pump operation.
10 killed in China coal mine blast
At least 10 people were killed after a coal mine gas explosion in north China, officials said on Wednesday.
Pak govt told to block Facebook till May 31
A Pakistani court on Wednesday directed authorities to temporarily block Facebook till May 31 over the holding of a competition on blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed as protests against the s
Tibet: China puts curbs on printing
Chinese authorities have stipulated stringent rules for printing and copying services in Tibet in a bid to prevent “separatists” from putting up banners and distributing pamphlets.